@article{Caplan:278732,
      recid = {278732},
      author = {Caplan, Lois A. and Webb, Alan J.},
      title = {Japan: Determinants of Wheat Import Demand},
      address = {1994-06},
      number = {1486-2018-6746},
      series = {AGE59404},
      pages = {43},
      year = {1994},
      abstract = {This paper describes trends in Japanese wheat production,  consumption, and trade. It also describes pricing policies,  the marketing systems for domestic and imported wheat, and  the milling and baking industries. The authors interviewed  officials from the Food Agency--the sole wheat-buying  authority, representatives of the Flour Millers  Association, and personnel of Japan's four largest flour  milling companies to find out the major factors affecting  wheat purchase decisions. Survey questions focused on grain  quality issues, particularly dockage. The authors concluded  that under the existing state-trading system, cleaner (that  is, lower dockage) U.S. wheat probably would not lead to an  increase in either U.S. export volume or share of the  Japanese market.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/278732},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.278732},
}